It shows Presley, a service dog, and the photo in West Monroe’s Good Hope Middle School yearbook has been drawing a lot of attention since it started bouncing around the internet last week.
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The genetic condition causes progressive muscle weakness, with most patients confined to wheelchairs by the time they are teens.
Presley is Seph’s service dog, and the goldendoodle goes everywhere the 14-year-old does, including to school.
Presley, who helps Seph get around, has never missed a day of class at his West Monroe, Louisana school, and is a beloved presence in the halls.
Ware said her son’s response was, “why not”.
A side-by-side image of the two has gone viral since it was uploaded to Facebook a little over a week ago. “The dog has been great for Seph in every single way”.
A picture of the adorable female golden doodle can be found right next to Joseph “Seph” Ware in the the Good Hope Middle School yearbook.
“She’s part of our student body”. His mother also shared the photo, with the accompanying caption, “Presley and Seph made the yearbook”.
“When we would walk up to her to try to straighten her or turn her the right way, she would sit down and roll over on her back because she wanted us to rub her tummy”, Hogg said.
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The photo turned out perfectly, as the photographer managed to get a shot of her staring at the camera, holding her leash in her mouth.
